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The Government of Zambia and key development partners have embraced the Integrated Financing Strategy (IFS) as a guiding framework to mobilize resources from domestic and international sources of financing. The IFS framework will address broad sustainable land management (SLM) issues in agriculture and forestry, particularly those with a bearing on national food security and climate change adaptation. The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) for Zambia will be at the centre of the discussions on increasing finance for addressing land degradation.
An inception workshop to begin work on the IFS is scheduled for 8-12 March 2010 in Lusaka, Zambia. This workshop is being co-organized by the Government of Zambia and the Global Mechanism (GM) and will bring together key Government Ministries including environment, agriculture, finance, water and energy; the private sector and business community; civil society; research institutions; and bilateral and multilateral development partners.
The objectives of the IFS workshop are:
• to secure commitment for IFS development by all partners; and
• to agree on a roadmap for the development and implementation of the IFS, including identifying opportunities for resource mobilization from private, public and innovative financing sources to fund UNCCD-related programmes and projects
Ultimately, it is envisaged that Zambia’s IFS will contribute to:
• increased mainstreaming of land rehabilitation, forestry and agricultural production into national planning, budgetary and development frameworks, particularly into the Sixth National Development Plan;
• increased investments through internal, external and innovative sources of financing including public-private-partnerships, finance from “Aid for Trade” for improved trade and market access; climate change financing mechanisms; and
• increased advocacy and awareness in support of UNCCD implementation, notably, through an assessment of the economic value of SLM and the costs of land degradation in Zambia
More information on the outcomes of the workshop and the next steps will be posted here after the event.
For more information:
Elsie Attafuah
Programme Officer, East and Southern Africa
Tel. +39 06 5459 257
e.attafuah (at) global-mechanism.org
Zambia National DIFS Workshop
8 March, 2010 - 12 March, 2010
Lusaka, Zambia
An inception workshop to begin work on the IFS is scheduled for 8-12 March 2010 in Lusaka, Zambia. This workshop is being co-organized by the Government of Zambia and the Global Mechanism (GM) and will bring together key Government Ministries including environment, agriculture, finance, water and energy; the private sector and business community; civil society; research institutions; and bilateral and multilateral development partners.
The objectives of the IFS workshop are:
• to secure commitment for IFS development by all partners; and
• to agree on a roadmap for the development and implementation of the IFS, including identifying opportunities for resource mobilization from private, public and innovative financing sources to fund UNCCD-related programmes and projects
Ultimately, it is envisaged that Zambia’s IFS will contribute to:
• increased mainstreaming of land rehabilitation, forestry and agricultural production into national planning, budgetary and development frameworks, particularly into the Sixth National Development Plan;
• increased investments through internal, external and innovative sources of financing including public-private-partnerships, finance from “Aid for Trade” for improved trade and market access; climate change financing mechanisms; and
• increased advocacy and awareness in support of UNCCD implementation, notably, through an assessment of the economic value of SLM and the costs of land degradation in Zambia
More information on the outcomes of the workshop and the next steps will be posted here after the event.
For more information:
Elsie Attafuah
Programme Officer, East and Southern Africa
Tel. +39 06 5459 257
e.attafuah (at) global-mechanism.org